You can buy yourself something like a SB Supercruiser.
With that and 70kg's you are flying with your wave sails in 10 knots.
Not sure if it will match with a 8.0. Those foils are made for smaller sails.

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Robertos said..
You can buy yourself something like a SB Supercruiser.
With that and 70kg's you are flying with your wave sails in 10 knots.
Not sure if it will match with a 8.0. Those foils are made for smaller sails.

I've used an 8.0 with both the infinity 76 and infinity 99 (76 is close to the SC and 99 is way bigger, think they are 1700/2300cm^2 without looking), but I'm 85-90kg and that was before I learned to pump. And any big gusts for a new foiler are quite a bit scary. I had no idea how to depower and go deep downwind/upwind at first. But, he could get away with a smaller sail with good pumping technique, it just takes some time to develop it.

Just briefly reading posts here - as a returning sailor from the late 90s era - it is great to see the knowledge base you guys have.

I used to be an excellent high speed gybe proponent coming out faster than I went in frequently.

What is most frustrating at 110 kg is being on the water & not planing when others are zipping around & planing with ease.

I am still lusting after the formula of board, sail & fin combination to solve those problems. What I personally should do here is compose a theoretical essay from all your thoughts & study it.

I tend to have been using one NP 6.7m Hellcat sail under all conditions - be it 15 knots or 30 knots. What changes with me are the boards - already bought & sold about 15 & still searching for the happy medium.

I see big guys around 95 to 110 kg dropping down to a 5.0 or 5.5m sail & I wonder why. At the same time, they marvel at why I have such a large sail.

Theoretically, whatever works for you has to be right but scientifically it never is perfect. We can be like the guys that have dedicated vans with 1000s of options in boards, sails & fin combinations or we can just find a simple combo that works under varying conditions.

A great topic that I hope I can study in greater detail.

Thanks guys. Awesome stuff.

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Welcome back! Great to see the passion return :-).

I think you might be stretching the laws of physics a wee bit with that statement (unless you were turning on a wave with steep ramps) but hey, if it's how it felt, why not

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